Royal ground snake

The royal ground snake (Erythrolamprus reginae) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Royal ground snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species:
E. reginae
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus reginae
Synonyms[3]
  • Coluber reginæ Linnaeus, 1758
  • Coronella reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leimadophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographic range

It is found in Venezuela, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Diet

It feeds on frogs, frog eggs, tadpoles, fish, small birds, and lizards.

References
  1. Arzamendia, V., Catenazzi, A., Fitzgerald, L., Gagliardi, G., Giraudo, A., Gonzales, L., Ines Hladki, A., Nogueira, C., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Scrocchi, G., Urbina, N., Williams, J., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. Erythrolamprus reginae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44581723A44581732. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44581723/44581732 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
  2. "Liophis reginae ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  3. "Erythrolamprus reginae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Amaral A (1936). "Colecta herpetologica no centro do Brasil ". Mem. Inst. Butantan 9: 235–246. (Leimadophis reginae macrosoma, new subspecies, p. 238). (in Portuguese).
  • Boos, Hans E. A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. xvi + 328 pp. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Coluber reginæ, new species, p. 219). (in Latin).
  • Roze JA (1959). "Taxonomic Notes on a Collection of Venezuelan Reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History". American Museum Novitates (1934): 1–14. ("Leimadophis zweifeli, new species", pp. 4–7 + Figure 1, photograph of holotype, on p. 6).
  • Wagler J (1824). In: Spix J (1824). Serpentum Brasiliensum species novae ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté le Roi de Baviére. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. viii + 75 pp. + Plates I.- XXVI. (Natrix semilineata, new species, p. 33-34 + Plate XI., Figure 2). (in Latin and French).
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